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AI agents call retrieve_communications_announcements to retrieve information from Wpm Mcp Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves existing announcement data without modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It falls squarely into the Read category as a retrieval/query operation. The low severity reflects minimal blast radius—unauthorized reads of announcements typically pose minimal risk unless the announcements contain highly sensitive information, which is not indicated here.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'retrieve_communications_announcements' uses the verb 'retrieve', which is a read-only operation. Description states 'Retrieves an announcement', indicating data querying with no side effects.
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Retrieves an announcement.\r\n \r\n\r\n<h4>Required permission(s):</h4><span class=. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Wpm Mcp Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Wpm Mcp Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for retrieve_communications_announcements: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Wpm Mcp Server. Nothing to install.
retrieve_communications_announcements is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the retrieve_communications_announcements rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for retrieve_communications_announcements. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
retrieve_communications_announcements is provided by the Wpm Mcp Server MCP server (wpm-mcp-server-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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